Haystacks - Tuesday 17 June 2008
Route
Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Scarth Gap Pass - Haystacks - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Little Round How - Warnscale Bottom - Gatesgarth
Parking
Gatesgarth (Charge) - Grid Ref NY195150
Mileage
4.7 miles
Terrain
Good paths with some minor scrambling to Haystacks summit.
Weather
Mild but overcast mostly.
Time Taken
3hrs 30mins
Total Ascent
1771ft (540m)
Map
OL4 - The English Lakes (North Western Area)
Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Scarth Gap Pass - Haystacks - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Little Round How - Warnscale Bottom - Gatesgarth
Parking
Gatesgarth (Charge) - Grid Ref NY195150
Mileage
4.7 miles
Terrain
Good paths with some minor scrambling to Haystacks summit.
Weather
Mild but overcast mostly.
Time Taken
3hrs 30mins
Total Ascent
1771ft (540m)
Map
OL4 - The English Lakes (North Western Area)
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Walk Description
Dave called back to the ship early therefore had to curtail our break but still managed to get up Haystacks before driving back to Portsmouth. This is a delightful, scenic walk and it is easy to see why people like the fell of Haystacks so much. We started at Gatesgarth Farm and walked over Peggy's Bridge to join the Scarth Gap Pass. This is a delightful stretch of path giving superb views back over to Buttermere and Crummock although you do have to remember to stop and look back!
There is a bit of easy scrambling to attain the Summit but once on top the views make it all worth while. The vast panorama of the Buttermere valley opens up before you and it would be easy just to stay on the summit all day and take it in. After a nice lunch we made our way the short distance down to Innominate Tarn to pay our respects to Wainwright whose ashes were scattered here in 1991. The descent via Warnscale Bottom is an easy transit back to the start at Gatesgarth.
There is a bit of easy scrambling to attain the Summit but once on top the views make it all worth while. The vast panorama of the Buttermere valley opens up before you and it would be easy just to stay on the summit all day and take it in. After a nice lunch we made our way the short distance down to Innominate Tarn to pay our respects to Wainwright whose ashes were scattered here in 1991. The descent via Warnscale Bottom is an easy transit back to the start at Gatesgarth.
Buttermere - High Snockrigg in the right foreground and Grasmoor behind
Grasmoor, Wandope and Whiteless Pike - Crummock Water can be seen in the distance
High Crag with Seat to the left
The Butttermere Valley
The tarn on Haystacks Summit
The Summit Cairn on Haystacks
Innominate Tarn
Dave on the descent with Haystacks and High Crag behind